gelus

Latin

Noun

gelus m sg (genitive gelūs); fourth declension

1. Alternative form of gelu

Usage notes

• Nominative singular gelus and accusative singular gelum are attested in ancient Latin (Old, Classical, Late Latin). These forms could belong to both the second declension (genitive *gelī) and the fourth declension (genitive *gelūs). In dictionaries (Lewis and Short, Gaffiot) it is mentioned as a fourth declension noun.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	gelus
Genitive	gelūs
Dative	geluī
Accusative	gelum
Ablative	gelū
Vocative	gelus

Noun

gelūs

1. genitive singular of gelū

References

• “gelum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gelu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gelus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Adjective

gelus

1. Alternative form of jelous

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin zelosus. See jalous.

Adjective

gelus m (oblique and nominative feminine singular geluse or gelusse)

1. eager; zealous
2. jealous
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Lai de Guigemar,

     Gelus esteit a desmesure

     He was jealous, incredibly so